Sponsored by:
Hannah Hubbard
Meet the 2026 Festival Orchestra
Yaniv Attar, Guest Conductor
VIOLIN
Denise Dillenbeck, Ellensburg, WA,
Concertmaster, Artist-in-Residence
Evelyn Gottlieb, Port Townsend, WA,
Concertmaster, Artist-in-Residence
Colin Todd, Port Townsend, WA
Assistant Concertmaster
Vanessa Moss, Ellensburg, WA
Principal Second
Viet Block, Seattle, WA
Assistant Principal Second
Matt Armbrust, Twisp, WA
Bret Heim, Mobile, AL
Lisa Ingraham, Tacoma, WA
Sooyean Kim, Federal Way, WA
Li-Ling Liao, Tacoma, WA
Kerry Travers, Chelan, WA
VIOLA
Christopher Foerstel, Seattle, WA
Principal, Artist-in-Residence
Brian Jankanish, Seattle, WA
Assistent Principal
Anna Aldrich, Ellensburg, WA
Elisa Clegg, Seattle, WA
CELLO
Nancy Ives, Portland, OR
Principal, Artist-in-Residence
Kara Hunnicutt, Ellensburg, WA
Assistant Principal
Alec Duggan, Tacoma, WA
Bernadette Phillips, Wenatchee, WA
Christine Sears, Memphsis, TN
Margaret Thorndill, University Place, WA
BASS
Linda Peragine, New Haven, CT
Principal
Madeline Cline, Tacoma, WA
Campian Roberts, Seattle, WA
FLUTE & PICCOLO
Mary Jensen, Tacoma, WA
Principal, Artist-in-Residence
Cheryl Sears, Olympia, WA
Mando Surita III, Renton, WA
OBOE & ENGLISH HORN
Selina Greso, Snohomish, WA
Principal, Artist-in-Residence
Shelly Myers, Seattle, WA
CLARINET
Ashley Cook, Seattle, WA
Principal
Josie Wells, Ellensburg, WA
BASSOON
Brian Geddes, Tacoma, WA
Principal
Cheryl Phillips, Tacoma, WA
HORN
Matt Anderson, Seattle, WA
Principal
Anna Barbee, Tacoma, WA
Kristin Woodward, Bothell, WA
Ben Johnson, Seattle, WA
TRUMPET
Scott Meredith, Edmond, OK
Principal
Erik Reed, Owasso, OK
Gabriel Palmer, Silverdale, WA
TROMBONE
Grant Reed, Seattle, WA,
Principal
Zach MacLurg, Tacoma, WA
BASS TROMBONE
David Krosschell, Shoreline, WA
Principal
TUBA
Ed Phillips, Tacoma, WA
Principal
TIMPANI & PERCUSSION
Jeff Lund, University Place, WA
Principal
Josh Gianola, Ellensburg, WA
Memmi Ochi, Seattle, WA
Sherry Krebs, Wenatchee, WA
PIANO/KEYBOARD
Susan DeWitt Smith, Portland, OR
HARP
Ellen Foster, Roswell, GA
Principal
VOCAL SOLOISTS
Noelle Goodenberger, Portland, OR
soprano
Mel Foster, Roswell, GA
tenor
Julie Cross, Vancouver, WA
alto/mezzo soprano
Charles Robert Stephens, Seattle, WA
baritone
PIANO: SOLOIST & COLLABORATING
Susan Dewitt Smith, Portland, OR
COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE
Nancy Ives, Portland, OR
GUEST ARTISTS – GALA I
Tango Cowboys
Rich Hinrichsen, Karin Kajita
